Yelena Veisman - Protecting Large ERP Investments, Data Integrity, Technology Funding, and the 2-Hour Tax Close

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3:15 - What is a Sr. Manager of Tax Technology and what do they do?
    - To implement something, don't necessarily try to convert whatever was in the old system and put it in the new
    - Don't just automate an existing process and expect improvement to happen.
11:15 - What are the primary responsibilities of a Sr. Manager of Tax Technology?
    - She's "The Protector of the Realm"
    - Her job is to make sure everything stays on the rails
15:30 - Example of how she protects her tax technology investments
19:40 - How Yelena sleeps at night amid a complex functional and technological environment
28:48 - Where to allocate resources? Find the black boxes and eliminate them. WEC Energy Tax took a process that took 3 months and reduced it to less than one day.
34:10 - How Yelena's "laziness" leads to efficiency
37:05 - How to navigate through a "no" to get to a "yes" when asking for resources
43:40 - Yelena's proudest accomplishment: Their 2-hour monthly close.
50:14 -  A quick thank you note for the listeners!